Sr. Cloud Engineer

Crescent is a differentiated U.S. energy company committed to delivering value through a disciplined returns-driven growth through acquisition strategy and consistent return of capital. Our long-life balanced portfolio combines stable cash flows from low-decline production with a deep high-quality development inventory.

Crescent is a top three producer (by gross operated production) in the Eagle Ford basin. Crescents leadership is an experienced team of investment financial and industry professionals that combines proven investment and operating expertise. For more than a decade Crescent and our predecessors have executed on a consistent strategy focused on cash flow risk management and returns.Through disciplined and accretive investments we have successfully tripled the size of our company since going public in December 2021 while maintaining a strong balance sheet.

We are seeking an experienced Sr. Cloud Engineer to design build automate and support our Microsoft Azure environment. This role will be a senior hands-on engineering position within Platform Engineering and will focus on Azure infrastructure Infrastructure as Code (IaC) identity and access management platform automation governance and operational excellence.

The ideal candidate will bring strong experience with Azure Microsoft Entra ID Terraform and modern cloud operating practices. This individual will help mature our cloud platform improve standardization and security enable scalable self-service patterns and partner closely with infrastructure security networking and application teams. The Sr. Cloud Engineer will report to the Platform Engineering Manager who in turn reports to the Head of Enterprise Services.

*** Please be aware that this role is on-Site full-time in office 5 days/week

Key Responsibilities

Design implement and support enterprise-scale Azure infrastructure and shared cloud services.
Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform to provision standardize and manage Azure resources.
Engineer and support Microsoft Entra ID capabilities including identity lifecycle role-based access control privileged access conditional access enterprise applications and hybrid identity integrations.
Develop and maintain reusable cloud patterns modules and templates for secure scalable Azure deployments.
Partner with networking and security teams to implement cloud networking segmentation private connectivity DNS security controls and policy enforcement in Azure.
Support and enhance Azure governance through management groups subscriptions policies tagging standards guardrails cost controls and compliance-aligned configurations.
Implement and support core Azure services such as virtual networks virtual machines storage backup recovery services key vaults monitoring and platform security services.
Automate operational processes environment provisioning configuration management and platform maintenance tasks.
Collaborate with application data and infrastructure teams to enable reliable cloud-hosted solutions and platform services.
Troubleshoot complex cloud identity access automation and platform issues through to resolution.
Support production operations platform stability and service continuity across critical enterprise and operational technology environments.
Document platform designs standards configurations procedures and handoff materials for operational support and audit readiness.
Contribute to cloud architecture reviews continuous improvement efforts and long-term platform engineering roadmap activities.
Mentor junior engineers and help drive consistent engineering standards documentation discipline and automation-first practices across the team.

Qualifications required:

Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology Engineering or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
68 years of progressive experience in cloud engineering infrastructure engineering or platform engineering roles.
Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure infrastructure and platform services in enterprise environments.
Proven experience with Terraform for Infrastructure as Code including module design state management and deployment workflows.
Strong experience with Microsoft Entra ID administration and engineering including RBAC conditional access enterprise applications identity governance and hybrid identity concepts.
Experience building and supporting secure scalable cloud environments using standardized and automated deployment approaches.
Solid understanding of Azure governance subscription design management groups policy tagging cost management and operational guardrails.
Experience with cloud security concepts including least privilege access secrets management logging monitoring and control enforcement.
Strong knowledge of cloud networking concepts including virtual networks peering routing private endpoints VPN connectivity DNS and network security controls.
Experience with monitoring alerting backup disaster recovery and operational support in cloud environments.
Strong troubleshooting documentation and communication skills.
Ability to work effectively across infrastructure security networking and application teams in a fast-paced enterprise environment.

Preferred experience:

Experience supporting hybrid enterprise environments spanning on-premises infrastructure Azure and operational technology (OT) environments.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation tooling used to deploy or validate Terraform-based infrastructure.
Experience with PowerShell Bash or Python for cloud automation and operational scripting.
Experience with Azure landing zones shared services design and subscription-scale governance models.
Strong familiarity with operational technology (OT) industrial systems and regulated multi-site operating environments.
Experience with cloud cost optimization and platform standardization initiatives.
Microsoft and HashiCorp certifications such as Azure Administrator Associate Azure Solutions Architect Expert Azure Network Engineer Associate or Terraform Associate.

Key Skills

Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Entra ID
Terraform / Infrastructure as Code
Azure Governance and Policy
Identity and Access Management
Cloud Networking
Platform Automation
Monitoring and Operational Support
Documentation and Standards
Troubleshooting and Problem Solving
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Communication and Teamwork

Why Join Us

Opportunity to help shape and mature a critical Azure platform supporting enterprise operations.
High-impact role with meaningful ownership across cloud engineering automation identity and governance.
Ability to influence standards architecture and long-term platform direction.
Collaborative environment with strong executive visibility and support.
Competitive compensation benefits and career growth opportunities.

Crescent Energy is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race color religion gender/pregnancy gender identity or expression sexual orientation national origin genetics disability age veteran status or any other legally protected status. Crescent Energy is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status. If you require accommodation to complete the application process please let us know by contacting .